Readers react to the news that Patty Grandmaison, a woman from Dryad, has been hired as the new part-time clerk in Pe Ell:

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Sharlene Hoffman: So happy that we have a good mayor and clerk now! She’s awesome!

Annette Cole-Green: So from this I guess that she will do half the work the former person did, that is why she is working part time. If so, did (she) get fired for not doing (her) job?

Torii Campbell: The state audited them last year and it was found that the former clerk didn’t have control over the town’s finances for 2013. Her main job responsibility. So she was put on leave then fired. … The town counsel (sic) determined the job could be done, successfully, part time.

Deborah Young Tennant: Awwwwww PTL…

A new program aims to educate the public on the Pacific lamprey, a rather odd-looking creature that inhabits the Chehalis River. It generated some varied reactions on Facebook:

Matthew O’Brien: If I remember right, they would show up in late summer when the river was at its lowest. They liked to live in the rocky parts of the river, just above the rapids, where the water was shallow, maybe 2-3 feet. They would build “nests,” in that they would dig and move the rocks out around a 16-inch area, and then hang out and lay eggs, I suppose. By the end of the summer there were tons of dead ones in the river. I know some kids would dare each other to grab them, maybe throw them at their friends!

Patricia Reding Petrino: A face only a mother could love...eewwwww... Seriously, this sounds like a great and educational program!

Jerimiah McAllister: Oh yes. We used to catch those by hand and sell them to Yard Birds for sturgeon bait.



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Username: Mikedh

Congrats to the new chief. Looking forward to meeting you. Mike Hartnett, marshal, Pe Ell.

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Username: sachmo9

It seems the local PUD never seems to find ways to cut costs, just charge customers more. The last two years they have built new buildings in Morton and Chehalis. Have you seen their new equipment? Now they say they have to hire more people to run the new buildings. It is publicly owned but independently run with a no lose business.